Official ballot box is open to cast votes
SPECIAL ELECTION
A special election for an open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors will be held March 9.
Voters will decide who will replace outgoing Michelle Steel on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2nd district. Steel resigned to be sworn into Congress.
Candidates are Kevin Muldoon, a small businessman and councilman; John Moorlach, a former state senator who used to represent the 2nd District on the Board of Supervisors; Michael Vo, mayor and business owner; Katrina Foley, mayor and business owner; and Janet Rappaport, tax attorney, according to the Candidate Filing Log at the OC Registrar’s Office.
Official voter drop boxes, including the one in Leisure World, are now open.
The drop box in LW is located near the Administration Building next to the U.S. mail box in front of the Amphitheater bus hub.
OC Registrar staff will pick up ballots Monday-Friday through Feb. 26.
From Saturday, Feb. 27, to Tuesday, March 9, ballots will be picked up daily, including weekends.
On Election Day, March 9, two county employees will be assigned at each ballot drop box starting in the late afternoon to assist with traffic flow, receive dropped-off ballots and lock the ballot mail slots at 8 p.m. or after the last voter.
